Banana Pro

The Banana Pro (also often referred to as Banana Pi Pro) is a SBC from the manufacturer LeMaker. You can see the specifications here. By now, this article only covers the installation using the tarball, which is very similar to the installation of the Banana Pi.

This article is very similar to the Banana Pi, though the description there doesn't apply fully to the Banana Pro. Also, users have to be familiar with installing an Arch system (Partitioning, formatting, etc.), as this will only cover the installation of the base system. Further configuration won't be covered here.

Note:

The device is not officially supported by the ALARM project, i.e. please refrain from submitting patches, feature requests or bug reports for it.

Ensure to install the root file system on the first partition, otherwise it will not boot. (e.g. sda1, sdb1, ...).

Note: It is very important to dd the .bin file in the first place (before copying the .scr file)! Doing otherwise may lead to denial of boot.

After inserting the SD card into the slot on the bottom, your Banana Pro should boot properly and prompt you with a console.

Install base system to a SD card and SATA/USB device

Note: Do not partition your SD card in this procedure.

This part covers the procedure of installing your system on a SATA/USB device. The only required part of the system, that has to be on the SD card, is the bootloader. The other parts may reside on an external device. In the following, sdX represents your SD card and sdY represents the SATA/USB device.